Understanding the risk of an avian flu pandemic: Rational waiting or precautionary failure?

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 617-630

  Basili, Marcello ^a   Franzini, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Avian flu; Multiple priors; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRODUCTS; VIRUSES;

AMBIGUITY; AVIAN FLU; MULTIPLE PRIORS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

HEALTH RISKS;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR; ZANAMIVIR;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DECISION MAKING; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AVES;

EID: 33745387521     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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